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Cookery Notes - Suggestions for a Children's Supper - Chicken in Jelly, Pistachio Russe, Blancmange Eggs, Macedonie of Fruit, Palmyra Cream

The Almon family fonds includes correspondence, ledgers, a scrapbook started by the Hon. William Johnston Almon and continued by his granddaughter Susanna W.A. Almon, and a file of loose recipes. Most recipes are hand written but a number were clipped from newspapers. One clipping is dated Truth, 28 November 1889, and a small hand written "Receipt Book" is dated 26 September 1877. This particular clipping is from "The Lady's Realm", page 275, but undated.

Reference: Almon family Nova Scotia Archives  MG 1 vol. 17 no. 43

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